Who is answering all the questions here?

[tom c]

I have gotten great help in this forum. I am working by my self,
developing with a new technology, and it would be extremely time
consuming and frustrating without this forum.

So who are the folks answering all the questions? Are you microsoft
employees or just kind helpful people or what?

If you are microsoft employees, is this your full time job to answer
questions here, or do you just do it a few hours a day?

[Jacek Stawicki]

Uzytkownik "tom c" <to******@gmail .comnapisal w wiadomosci
news:11******** *************@3 5g2000cwc.googl egroups.com...

>I have gotten great help in this forum. I am working by my self,
developing with a new technology, and it would be extremely time
consuming and frustrating without this forum.

So who are the folks answering all the questions? Are you microsoft
employees or just kind helpful people or what?

If you are microsoft employees, is this your full time job to answer
questions here, or do you just do it a few hours a day?

I'm not from MS :) Personally for me, answering the questions is a great
entertainment during coffee break ;)

Regards

--
JS
BRE Bank Dev Team, Poland

[Juan T. Llibre]

Most of those who are Microsoft employees ( there's very few of them )
can be told from the rest by their e-mail addresses.

They use a so*****@online. microsoft.com e-mail address.
Others include either [Microsoft] or [MSFT] in their "From" ID.

The rest aren't Microsoft employees, and that includes the MVPs.

Juan T. Llibre, asp.net MVP
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"tom c" <to******@gmail .comwrote in message
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>I have gotten great help in this forum. I am working by my self,
developing with a new technology, and it would be extremely time
consuming and frustrating without this forum.

So who are the folks answering all the questions? Are you microsoft
employees or just kind helpful people or what?

If you are microsoft employees, is this your full time job to answer
questions here, or do you just do it a few hours a day?

[Eliyahu Goldin]

Most of the frequent contributors are not Microsoft employees.

My hidden agenda for answering the questions is picking up these little
pieces of knowledge here and there. I make extensive use of them in my
projects.

--
Eliyahu Goldin,
Software Developer & Consultant
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"tom c" <to******@gmail .comwrote in message
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I have gotten great help in this forum. I am working by my self,
developing with a new technology, and it would be extremely time
consuming and frustrating without this forum.

So who are the folks answering all the questions? Are you microsoft
employees or just kind helpful people or what?

If you are microsoft employees, is this your full time job to answer
questions here, or do you just do it a few hours a day?

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hi Tom,

Some of us are MVPs whose hobby is to help others with our favourite
technologies. MVPs are strictly volunteers but recognized by Microsoft. We
put in a few hours here and there as time is available.

There are many people who also feel the spirit of community and want to
"repay" the help they've received in the past. Others just want to "pay it
forward".

Some answers are by Microsoft employees. They respond to "customers" who
have registered with them for online support as part of an MSDN
subscription.

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"tom c" <to******@gmail .comwrote in message
news:11******** *************@3 5g2000cwc.googl egroups.com...

>I have gotten great help in this forum. I am working by my self,
developing with a new technology, and it would be extremely time
consuming and frustrating without this forum.

So who are the folks answering all the questions? Are you microsoft
employees or just kind helpful people or what?

If you are microsoft employees, is this your full time job to answer
questions here, or do you just do it a few hours a day?

[Mark Rae]

"Eliyahu Goldin" <re************ *@monarchmed.co mwrote in message
news:%2******** ********@TK2MSF TNGP05.phx.gbl. ..

Most of the frequent contributors are not Microsoft employees.

Which is why you almost always get an honest answer rather than the "one
hive-mind" attitude...

My hidden agenda for answering the questions is picking up these little
pieces of knowledge here and there. I make extensive use of them in my
projects.

I couldn't agree more!

I reckon I ask nearly as many questions as I answer too... :-)

[tom c]

Well much thanks to you all.
Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP] wrote:

Hi Tom,

Some of us are MVPs whose hobby is to help others with our favourite
technologies. MVPs are strictly volunteers but recognized by Microsoft. We
put in a few hours here and there as time is available.

There are many people who also feel the spirit of community and want to
"repay" the help they've received in the past. Others just want to "pay it
forward".

Some answers are by Microsoft employees. They respond to "customers" who
have registered with them for online support as part of an MSDN
subscription.

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"tom c" <to******@gmail .comwrote in message
news:11******** *************@3 5g2000cwc.googl egroups.com...

I have gotten great help in this forum. I am working by my self,
developing with a new technology, and it would be extremely time
consuming and frustrating without this forum.

So who are the folks answering all the questions? Are you microsoft
employees or just kind helpful people or what?

If you are microsoft employees, is this your full time job to answer
questions here, or do you just do it a few hours a day?

[Alvin Bruney [MVP]]

let's not forget to mention that MVP's are paid a generous allowance from
microsoft for pushing the .net technology.

--
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Warm regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

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"tom c" <to******@gmail .comwrote in message
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Well much thanks to you all.
Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP] wrote:

>Hi Tom,

Some of us are MVPs whose hobby is to help others with our favourite
technologies . MVPs are strictly volunteers but recognized by Microsoft.
We
put in a few hours here and there as time is available.

There are many people who also feel the spirit of community and want to
"repay" the help they've received in the past. Others just want to "pay
it
forward".

Some answers are by Microsoft employees. They respond to "customers" who
have registered with them for online support as part of an MSDN
subscription .

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"tom c" <to******@gmail .comwrote in message
news:11******* **************@ 35g2000cwc.goog legroups.com...

>I have gotten great help in this forum. I am working by my self,
developing with a new technology, and it would be extremely time
consuming and frustrating without this forum.

So who are the folks answering all the questions? Are you microsoft
employees or just kind helpful people or what?

If you are microsoft employees, is this your full time job to answer
questions here, or do you just do it a few hours a day?

[Jesse Liberty]

I'm sorry but I really have to respond to that. While Microsoft has been
very generous in its allocation of resources to MVP's, and I'm very
grateful, I've never felt myself asked to "push" any Microsoft technology,
nor would I ever consider doing so.

I write about Microsoft technology because that is (principally) what I use
as a developer, but I do not push it, and I recognize fully that it not
only has limitations but that there are times when other technologies are
more appropriate, cheaper, better, etc., and I'm not shy to write that nor
to recommend that to my customers. If I thought for a moment that being an
MVP meant compromising my objectivity, I don't see how I could accept the
reward or the honor, and my clients and readers would correctly stop seeing
me as a trustworthy source of information.

I don't mean to jump on innocent words, but I do think we want to be very
careful about the relationship between MVPs and Microsoft. As I see it, the
MVP is a recognition by Microsoft for those who have been helpful in
spreading information about Microsoft technology to the developer community,
and the balance between accepting such a recognition and being bribed and/or
accepting an incentive is one which those of us who are consultants and/or
authors or writers must watch very very carefully.

Thanks

-j

--

Jesse Liberty
Author, Programmer
Microsoft MVP
"Alvin Bruney [MVP]" <www.lulu.com/owcwrote in message
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let's not forget to mention that MVP's are paid a generous allowance from
microsoft for pushing the .net technology.

--
_______________ _________
Warm regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
Professional VSTO.NET - Wrox/Wiley
The O.W.C. Black Book with .NET
www.lulu.com/owc, Amazon
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/blogs/alvin
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"tom c" <to******@gmail .comwrote in message
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>Well much thanks to you all.
Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP] wrote:

>>Hi Tom,

Some of us are MVPs whose hobby is to help others with our favourite
technologie s. MVPs are strictly volunteers but recognized by Microsoft.
We
put in a few hours here and there as time is available.

There are many people who also feel the spirit of community and want to
"repay" the help they've received in the past. Others just want to "pay
it
forward".

Some answers are by Microsoft employees. They respond to "customers" who
have registered with them for online support as part of an MSDN
subscriptio n.

Ken
Microsoft MVP [ASP.NET]
"tom c" <to******@gmail .comwrote in message
news:11****** *************** @35g2000cwc.goo glegroups.com.. .
I have gotten great help in this forum. I am working by my self,
developing with a new technology, and it would be extremely time
consuming and frustrating without this forum.

So who are the folks answering all the questions? Are you microsoft
employees or just kind helpful people or what?

If you are microsoft employees, is this your full time job to answer
questions here, or do you just do it a few hours a day?

[Ken Cox [Microsoft MVP]]

Hmmm. I guess the cheque's in the mail!

"Alvin Bruney [MVP]" <www.lulu.com/owcwrote in message
news:%2******** **********@TK2M SFTNGP03.phx.gb l...

let's not forget to mention that MVP's are paid a generous allowance from
microsoft for pushing the .net technology.

--
_______________ _________
Warm regards,
Alvin Bruney [MVP ASP.NET]

[Shameless Author plug]
Professional VSTO.NET - Wrox/Wiley
The O.W.C. Black Book with .NET
www.lulu.com/owc, Amazon
Blog: http://www.msmvps.com/blogs/alvin
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